On the 5th of May 2010, I went to Kampong Glam with my class to do a project. The objectives of this project is to plan activities for China athletes when they come to Singapore as Hwa Chong will be hosting them with a budget of twenty dollars. The night before the field trip, I was so anxious as this is the first time I am going out with my secondary school classmates that I totally forgot to bring an extra bag for the trip. Thus, I have to hand-carry everything.

When we reached Kampong Glam, we were split into groups. Together with my group, we walked around taking pictures and exploring the free exhibition in one of the "museums". I did not bring my water bottle along as I thought it would be a nuisance to me, without a bag. The weather was very hot and I had no choice but to buy a drink for $1.50! I was very unlucky on that day. When I was about to pay the uncle money, a few pigeons flew by and one of them "shit" on me. The faeces touched my body and I thought to myself," So dirty and unhygienic!" I quickly wipe it off with a piece of tissue paper before joining my group in taking more pictures.

We visited a restaurant and asked the uncle there for the prices to see whether the price of the food is within our budget. The uncle was very friendly and warm towards us. This made me feel very comfortable when communicating with him.

After taking many pictures and interviewing some people, we decided to take a rest at a coffee shop in Kampong Glam. There, my friend bought can drinks for $1.30 and bottled drinks for $1.90. Then I thought to myself,"Luckily I bought my drink earlier for $1.50, or I would have to pay more for the same drink!" As my friends were exhausted and thirsty, they drank immediately upon paying for the drinks.

Suddenly, one of them exclaimed,"My bottled drink has already expired. The expiry date for this drink is 30th of April!." The other friend laughed at him. Then, the friend who laughed at his peer checked the expiry date of his bottled drink. He realised that his bottled drink expired last year. The both of them were very unlucky as they bought they drinks at such a high price and the drinks have already expired.

Above is just some interesting things that took place. I feel that this trip is very fruitful as I have learnt more about Kampong Glam!